Rocklands (Gordonsville, Virginia) Explained

Rocklands
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 20, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:068-0181
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:N of Gordonsville on VA 231, near Gordonsville, Virginia
Coordinates:38.1767°N -78.1878°W
Built:c., 1933-1935
Architect:Bottomley, William L.; Innocenti, Umberto
Architecture:Georgian Revival, Federal, Adamesque
Added:September 23, 1982
Refnum:82004578

Rocklands is a historic home and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built about 1905, and underwent a major renovation under the direction of William Lawrence Bottomley in 1933–1935. It is a -story, five-bay, Georgian Revival style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order hexastyle portico. Also on the property are the contributing guest house (c. 1905, 1935); a small service court designed by Bottomley and consisting of a garage, servant's house, woodshed, and tunnel; a 19th-century coachbarn of wood-frame construction; the mid-19th century farm manager's house; Spencer Neale, Jr., Residence (c. 1900); bank barn (c. 1910); and a brick house (1822).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocklands . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. July 1982. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos